Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
EDDIE VAN HALENI grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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It’s all about sound. It’s that simple. Wireless is wireless, and it’s digital. Hopefully somewhere along the line somebody will add more ones to the zeros. When digital first started, I swear I could hear the gap between the ones and the zeros.
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The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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I don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
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I’ll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I’m recording. If I break one I’ll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
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Holdsworth is so damned good that I can’t cop anything. I can’t understand what he’s doing. I’ve got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he’ll do it with one hand.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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We’re musicians. We make music for a living. It’s that simple. Nothing else matters.
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I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
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I took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
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You’ve only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.
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